Folding umbrella.



W. H. R. UMSTEAD.

FOLDING UMBRELLA.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17,1911.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

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FCILDING UMBRELLA.

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flpecifloatlon of Letters Patent. Application filed June 1'7, 1911.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913. Soria1No.633,732.

specification.

This invention relates to umbrellas and more especiall to folding umbrellas which may be reduced to a limited length for packingaway in trunks or hand bags as will he more fully described in the followin specification, set forth in the claim an illustrated in the drawings, wherein,--

Figure 1 is a sectional view' showing the umbrella open and extended. Fig. 2 shows the same folded. Figs. 3, i and 5 show the means for breakin and folding the ribs.

The rod is made in three sections, the lower section constituting the handle an intermediate section 11 which constitutes that portion between the ribs and the hen die, and an upper section having at its outer end the tip 13; These three sections are united by means of links 14 and 15 having suitable pivots to allowthe rod to be folded when the joints are unsupported. The joints are, however, supported when the umbrella is extended by means of sleeves 16 and 17, the latter having a head 18 with a notched ring to carry the upper ends of ribs 19. The head 18 is restricted from upward movement by the spring nose 20 and the ribs are thereby held in extension and the sleeve 17 is provided with slots 21, 22

Y and 23 for additional noses 24:, 25 and 26,

also carried-b section 12 of the rod for purposes that wi I be hereafter explained. The lower part of the sleeve 16 is also provided with a slot 27 former nose being to retain the runner 30 when the umbrella is closed. The runner 30 has the usual notches for the braces 31 which are adapted to support the rib 19 when the umbrella is extended.

In order to fold the ribs they are made in two sections, the outer section 32 being linked to the upper portion bymeans ot' he member pivoted to the arm 34 and to the brace 31. The pivot 3:5 besides con of which the following is a the sections 32- may for the noses 28 and 29,'the

nesting the link 33 and the brace 31 also connects the outer end of a. stay rod 36 with the section 32, the inner end of thejs'tay rod being pivoted to a notched ringfl? which slides on the section 17 andlis held in its operative position by means of the spring nose 24.

When it is necessary to break the our brella for packing same, the ring 37' is released as is the runner 30, the latter being moved downward on the sleeve, and

then be folded backward on the ribs 19 as length of the ribs being reduced to about one half. The runner 3i is now islid up ward into the position shown in Fi .2 forming the ribs, braces, stays -and fa ric into a compact mass. The sleeve 17 is now forced upward after releasing it by forcing the spring nose 2O inward so as to relieve the joint 15 of support and protection when the rod ma be folded as shown, a portion of the section 11 being bared so that the sleeve 16 may be slid upward past the joint 14, permitting it to be swung backward as shown. The umbrella is now reduced to about one-third of its original length and is of sufiicint size to be readily packed in a small satchel.

In order to give the rib 19 and its outer section more solidity, a link 33 is employed to connect them as shown in Fig. 5, and the whole umbrella may be covered by means of the usual fabric attached thereto in any desirable manner. I

For sake of convenience the nose 20 may be dispensed with and the spring no'se 38 pivoted in the section 1.1 and adapted to play through the slot 39 in the tube 16 which would accomplish the same result and could be more easily operated.

, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letter Patent is A folding umbrella comprising a stick, a runner arranged on-the stick, a plurality of notched rings arranged on the stick beyond the runner, ribs comprising inner and Outer sections, the inner sections of which are connected to one of the notched rings, stay rods connected at their inner ends to the other of the notched rings, brace rods connected at shown in Fig. 2, the

-' theirinner ends to the runner, and'en element In testimony whereof I aifix my signature consisting of-an arm connected to the outer in presence of witnesses.

sections of the ribs, a link givotally mounted on the arm'and connecte tothe inner sec- WILLIAM UMS-TLAD' 5'tions of the ribs, and a second link pivot- Witnesses:

ally connected on the arm for connecting the CHARLES LA RUE,

,outer ends of the brace rods and the stay JAMES F. DUnAMnL,

rods, substantially as described. K. ALLEN. 

